From Lawal Sa’idu Funtua, Katsina
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed a Divisional Police Officer during an attack on Magamar Jibia in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State in the early hours of yesterday.
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Abdullahi Rano, was fatally shot by the bandits when he led security operatives including troops of the Nigerian Army to repel an attack on the town which is on the Nigeria-Niger Republic border.
Confirming the incident to newsmen in Katsina, the Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, said the police will leave no stone unturned to track down the perpetrators.
Meanwhile eye witnesses told newsmen that dozens of gunmen who rode on motorcycles attacked the town at about 2:00 am in the morning ofWednesday, as they fired shots sporadically, causing panic among residents in
the town.
Until his death, DSP Rano was the officer in charge of the Divisional Police Office in Jibia.
This attack on Magamar Jibia came barely a day after armed bandits killed 10 people at Guga village and Galadima community in Bakori Local Government Area of the state.
SP Gambo Isah had told newsmen that the bandits, who attacked in dozens, stormed the village on motorcycles at midnight.
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